Suspect in Dallas hostage drama shot

A gunman who was holding two toddlers, two teens and their parents hostage early today at a Dallas home was wounded by police when he tried to leave through the garage after freeing his hostages, WFAA.com reports.

Police say the suspect apparently is a relative of the family who’d moved into the rental home six months ago.

Negotiatiors talked him into releasing the hostages unharmed, and police say two officers shot the man in an alley after he pointed a gun at them as he tried to escape.